BEST OF THE NET 2023; Essay in THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 2018;
(cited in BAE 2015, 2016, 2020, 2022); PUSHCART poetry finalist

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Summer 2017

OUR HIGHLY ACCLAIMED SUMMER CONTEST ISSUE!

Dear Readers and Writers,

The Solsticelitmag Contest has found some literary treasures! From among our past annual Contest Winners and Finalists, we count a 2017 Finalist for a Pushcart in Poetry, and one of two cited Notable Essays in The Best American Essays 2015 and one in The Best American Essays 2016.

Our final judges, along with Solstice editors, select winners and finalists from among the hundreds of talented authors who submit.  If you submitted in the past, we encourage you to read these winners and finalists and to submit again next year.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Editors' Notes

  • Editor’s Note
    by Lee Hope
  • Fiction Editor’s Note
    by Lee Hope
  • Nonfiction Editor’s Note
    by Richard Hoffman
  • Poetry Editor’s Note
    by Ben Berman

Fiction

  • Winner
    A Visitor
    by Tim Benjamin
  • Runner-up
    Search for a Martyr
    by Roberta Hartling Gates
  • Editors' Pick
    The Chaiwalla
    by Mariya Taher
  • Editors' Pick
    On a Night in Shelby County
    by Michael Mark
  • Featured
    The Last Lonely Planet
    by Christopher James
  • Featured
    Hawaii
    by Mardith Louisell

Nonfiction

  • Winner
    Bridge of Cards
    by Suzanne Fernandez Gray
  • Runner-up
    Dysfunction
    by Mollie Murray
  • Runner-up
    The Third Eye
    by Catherine Mauk
  • Editors' Pick
    Breaking Boundaries
    by Caitlin McGill
  • Editors' Pick
    Drowning in Margaret Culkin Banning’s Pool
    by Sharon Doorasamy
  • Editors' Pick
    J is for Juxtapose
    by Maija Rothenberg

Photography

  • Photography: Juvenile in Justice
    by Richard Ross

Poetry

  • Winner
    Prayer for a New God
    by Tyler Erlendson
  • Runner-up
    Sing Sing’s Electric Chair, Old Sparky  
    by Isaac Black
  • Runner-up
    Before the Last Shot
    by Carlos Gómez
  • Runner-up
    Salvage
    by John Sibley Williams
  • Editors' Pick
    Expedition
    by Valerie Duff
  • Editors' Pick
    Not Our Tribe
    by Jed Myers
  • Editors' Pick
    March 3, 1991
    by Miriam O’Neal
  • Editors' Pick
    Dark-Eyed Junco
    by Rebecca Hart Olander
  • Featured
    The Undoing
    by Betsy Sholl
  • Featured
    Night Class In Wind
    by Betsy Sholl
  • Featured
    Fencing in Reykjavik
    by Marc Vincenz
  • Featured
    Every Last Syllable of Grass
    by Marc Vincenz


Contributors

Avatar photoBetsy Sholl
Avatar photoCaitlin McGill
Avatar photoCarlos Gómez
Avatar photoCatherine Mauk
Avatar photoChristopher James
Avatar photoIsaac Black
Avatar photoJed Myers
Avatar photoJohn Sibley Williams
Avatar photoMaija Rothenberg
Avatar photoMarc Vincenz
Avatar photoMardith Louisell
Avatar photoMariya Taher
Avatar photoMichael Mark
Avatar photoMiriam O’Neal
Avatar photoMollie Murray
Avatar photoRebecca Hart Olander
Avatar photoRichard Ross
Avatar photoRoberta Hartling Gates
Avatar photoSharon Doorasamy
Avatar photoSuzanne Fernandez Gray
Avatar photoTim Benjamin
Avatar photoTyler Erlendson
Avatar photoValerie Duff

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